Re: Using ORM for conceptual modeling?

Thanks for the link, Michael.

Ken

"Michael Dorfman" <michael_junk_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:5d37ff37.0209300509.593689f0_at_posting.google.com...
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> > >> Does any have any experience using Object Role Modeling (as in
> > "Information Modeling and Relational Databases" by Terry Halpin-
> > supported by Microsoft's VisioModeler)? <<
> >
> > It works great, but you throw away the diagrams and just use the
> > sentences after awhile. What drives people nuts is that it takes
> > longer to do ORM than to splash up an ER diagram. But you will get it
> > right, which is not guaranteed by ER.
> >
> > Terry is working on a second book on how to use the Visio tools, but I
> > do not know the expected publication date.
>
> Terry's also got a 7-part (so far) article series on using ORM with
> Visio posted at the Journal of Conceptual Modeling
> (http://www.inconcept.com/jcm/) which is one of the better ORM
> resources out there. I suspect the articles will be incorporated (in
> some form or another) into the book, so the JCM might be a good "sneak
> preview".
>
> Michael Dorfman
Received on Tue Oct 01 2002 - 01:39:05 CDT